Why do Australians only wear Chelsea boots?

- Here's RM Williams' US store: https://stridewise.com/rm-williams-chelsea-boots/ Nope, they didn't pay me any money, but here are some other videos I filmed on this trip: * Factory tour: how RMW makes Australia's boots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyeugwh6Des * Why Australia's richest man bought RM Williams https://stridewise.com/rm-williams-andrew-forrest-interview/ * RM Reborn: a complete boot repair operation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrVws-6bmz8 As an Australian born New Yorker, one question always strikes me when I visit my homeland: do Australians know how to tie shoelaces? Because whether it's with shorts on a jobsite or a suit in parliament, there's only one kind of boot you see on Australian feet: the Chelsea boot, which they often called "elastic-sided boots." Is it because of our small population? Does our nation's young make us simply more practical? Or are there deeper cultural issues at play? I asked everyone I could find and got a bunch of different takes.